Tigers signed C Luis Exposito to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

Exposito appeared in nine games with the Orioles in 2012, but he spent all of last season at the Triple-A level, where he hit .224/.279/.346 with four home runs and 23 RBI in 64 games. He'll likely serve as minor league catching depth for Detroit. Wed, Jan 8, 2014 12:04:00 PM

Exposito was placed on waivers earlier this week and went unclaimed. He appeared in nine games with the Orioles, but is no longer needed after Baltimore traded for Chris Snyder. Sat, May 4, 2013 01:57:00 PM

Orioles designated C Luis Exposito for assignment.

Exposito was already sent down earlier Tuesday, and now he's clearing 40-man roster space for Chris Snyder. He should clear waivers and remain in the organization. Tue, Apr 30, 2013 08:05:00 PM

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Tigers signed C Luis Exposito to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.

Exposito appeared in nine games with the Orioles in 2012, but he spent all of last season at the Triple-A level, where he hit .224/.279/.346 with four home runs and 23 RBI in 64 games. He'll likely serve as minor league catching depth for Detroit.

Exposito is taking Nolan Reimold's (neck) roster spot. Claimed off waivers from the Red Sox last month, Exposito will be making his big-league debut if he gets into a game this weekend. A 25-year-old career .269/.325/.420 minor-league hitter, Exposito won't be worth a look behind Matt Wieters in even exceptionally deep AL-only leagues.

Exposito was just designated for assignment by the Red Sox over the weekend. The 25-year-old backstop has a .268/.324/.420 batting line over parts of seven seasons in the minor and will likely serve as depth at the Triple-A level.

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He's done for the season, as Athletics manager Bob Melvin had previously indicated was likely. It's a rotten way for Olson's campaign to end, but the rookie had a mighty impressive showing with 24 home runs over just 59 games.

Chad Pinder said Saturday that he's hoping to add more speed to his game during the upcoming season.

Pinder has dropped his body fat this winter while adding muscle to his legs in order to achieve this. He has also done a lot of running this offseason and presumably like many others around the league will report to spring training next month in the "best shape of his life". Pinder swiped two bases on three attempts in his 87 games with the A's in 2017.

Mark Canha had surgery this week on his right wrist but is expected to be ready for spring training.

Canha played only 57 games for the Athletics this past season, hitting five homers and posting a rough .208/.262/.382 batting line in that time. If healthy, he should compete for a bench spot in Oakland in 2018.

Powell suffered a bruised left kneecap last week. An MRI showed no structural damage, but the A's aren't going to push him with only six games remaining on their schedule. The 24-year-old outfielder posted a promising .321/.380/.494 batting line in 92 plate appearances with Oakland after being acquired from Seattle in early August for Yonder Alonso.

MLB.com's Jane Lee writes that Dustin Fowler (knee) "is the favorite to land the center field job" for the Athletics.

Fowler suffered a gruesome right patella tendon rupture in his major league debut last June when he was with the Yankees, but he's right on schedule with his recovery. The A's plan to ease him into things at the beginning of spring training, but all signs point to him being ready to roll come Opening Day. It's good to hear, but Oakland could ultimately decide to get by with Boog Powell and/or Jake Smolinski in center field for a while and let Fowler knock some rust off in the minors. The situation is worth watching closely in spring training, as Fowler is an interesting power/speed guy who hit .293/.329/.542 with 13 homers and 13 steals in 70 Triple-A games before being called up last season.

Cotton is done for the season, but getting through an extended bullpen session with no issues gives himself and the A's comfort that the righty's elbow is OK going into the offseason. He'll be in the running for a rotation spot in 2018 even after a disappointing 5.58 ERA over 24 starts in 2017.